June 15, 2018

From the Archives

Scrap metal drive at St. Roch Parish leads to unusual donation

This photo depicts children at St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis aboard a coal truck that was donated to the parish school for a scrap metal drive in October 1942. The truck was donated to St. Roch by the Oeftering-Litzelman Coal Company. The caption accompanying the original photograph, which was published in The Indianapolis News, states that the truck weighed 8,275 pounds, and that a total of 19,000 pounds of scrap metal were collected. The purpose of the scrap metal drive was to purchase new equipment for the school library.

This photo depicts children at St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis aboard a coal truck that was donated to the parish school for a scrap metal drive in October 1942. The truck was donated to St. Roch by the Oeftering-Litzelman Coal Company. The caption accompanying the original photograph, which was published in The Indianapolis News, states that the truck weighed 8,275 pounds, and that a total of 19,000 pounds of scrap metal were collected. The purpose of the scrap metal drive was to purchase new equipment for the school library.
   

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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